HHS
HHS Releases Cybersecurity Insurance Guides
HHS released two guides in December about considerations that healthcare leaders should weigh when purchasing ...
APRIL 5, 2024
HHS Awards $79.1 Million in Grants for Overdose Prevention, Treatment
Expanded treatment access is a primary target of the funding.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Grant Funding Available for Rural Community Response to Fentanyl, Other Opioid Overdoses
Grants totaling $10 million is available to rural communities to improve access to OUD treatment.
JUNE 24, 2022
Grant Funding Available for Rural Community Response to Fentanyl, Other Opioid Overdoses
Grants totaling $10 million is available to rural communities to improve access to OUD treatment.
JUNE 22, 2022
HHS Tabs $55 Million for Tribal Opioid Response Grant Program
HHS is designating $55 million to fund its Tribal Opioid Response grant program.
JUNE 6, 2022
HHS Standardizes Definition of Opioid Withdrawal in Infants
The HHS has developed a standard clinical definition for neonatal opioid withdrawal in infants.
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
New HHS Buprenorphine Guidelines Expand Access to OUD Treatment
Updated buprenorphine practice guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services remove a training ...
JUNE 3, 2021
X-Waiver Changes May Still Be on the Horizon
New practice guidelines for the treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine, only announced roughly a month ...
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
HHS Announces Guide for Appropriate Tapering or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Use
The Department of Health and Human Services has published a new guide designed to help clinicians reduce or ...
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Long-Awaited Federal Task Force Focused on Patient-Centered Pain Management
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force is calling ...
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
HHS Code-a-Thon Using Information to Find Answers to Opioid Crisis
The Department of Health and Human Services hosted a first-of-its-kind two-day “Code-a-Thon” to help ...
JANUARY 24, 2018
HHS Office for Civil Rights Balances New Opioid Initiatives With Updated Privacy Rules
The HHS Office for Civil Rights has launched new tools and initiatives in response to the opioid crisis.
DECEMBER 29, 2017